Lynda Lopez
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| Lynda Lopez | ||
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| Born | June 14, 1973 | |
| Birth place | The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States | |
| Circumstances | ||
| Occupation | Journalist | |
| Other names | Ly-Lo | |
| Family | Yes | |
| Ethnicity | Puerto Rican | |
| Notable credit(s) | WCBS (2003 - 2006) WWOR (2006 - 2007; 2007 - present) WNYW (2007) |
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Lynda López (born on June 14, 1973) is an Emmy Award-winning American journalist. She is the youngest sister of actress and singer Jennifer Lopez.
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[edit] Early years
Lopez was born and raised in the South Bronx, New York City to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodríguez, a kindergarten teacher, and David Lopez, a computer specialist. She has two siblings, Jennifer and Leslie. She received her primary and secondary education while growing up in the Bronx. After graduating from Preston High School in 1991, Lopez enrolled at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, where she majored in Broadcasting and Communications.
[edit] Radio broadcasting career
Lopez started her radio broadcasting career at WBAB and WLIR on Long Island. She later went to work for WXXP Party 105, also on Long Island, as both Assistant Program Director and Music Director. She also worked as DJ for WKTU in the 10PM-2AM timeslot. After working for five years in the radio, she landed a position as entertainment correspondent for WPIX's morning show.
[edit] Television career
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, she worked as a VH1 VJ for a short time with Kane and Rebecca Rankin. In 2000, she hosted a special in which she interviewed her sister, Jennifer. The two of them discussed their childhood as well as "J-Lo"'s rising music career. Some of J-Lo's music videos were played and her then-newest video, "Feelin' So Good," made its VH1 premiere during this special. During this time Lopez was also the morning news entertainment reporter for the WB11 in New York City, WPIX.
In 2002, she became the host of Style Network's GLOW, a cable TV show dealing with women's beauty issues. That same year, Lynda was also reporting the latest entertainment news and stories on WNBC-TV, cable entertainment TV program E! News Live, and Spanish-language WNJU, both also in New York City.
In 2003, Lopez became a DJ for WNEW-FM, with her boyfriend at the time, Chris Booker, a New York disc jockey and correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. In October 2003, she joined WCBS-TV as a part-time correspondent, after her show was dropped at WNEW-FM. In August 2004, Lopez was named anchor of WCBS' weekend morning show, making this her first news-anchor job. Lopez had not been seen on-air since early April 2006, and subsequently she left the employ of WCBS-TV officially in June 2006.
[edit] Co-anchor
On July 29, 2006, Lopez debuted as the weekend co-anchor (with Mike Gilliam) on the News Corp-owned WWOR-TV's My 9 Weekend News at 10. They replaced the team of Cathleen Trigg and Rolland Smith, whose last day on air was July 23, 2006.
On March 27, 2007, Lopez began her run as the newsreader on WNYW-TV's Good Day New York and anchor of Fox 5 Live at 11am. Reid Lamberty joined her as co-anchor for the 5am hour and 11am hour on FOX 5.[1]
Lopez was replaced from WNYW-TV's Good Day New York by former CNN Headline News anchor Christina Park. [2] in the Fall of 2007 and put back into her previous role of Weekend Anchor at MY9 WWOR.
[edit] Recognitions
In 1993, Lopez was named in the "Who's Who Among American Hispanics." Lynda won the 2001 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Morning News Program."
[edit] Personal life
Lopez has dated radio/television personality Chris Booker. They met in early 2002 at WNEW-FM in New York, where they worked as co-hosts for the morning show. In early 2005 the couple separated.
